Nonsense Songs, Stories and Alphabets (1871)

F was a fan
Made of beautiful stuff;
And when it was used,
It went puffy-puff-puff!

f!

Nice little fan.

E was an eagle,
Who sat on the rocks,
And looked down on the fields
And the-far-away flocks.

e!

Beautiful eagle!

D was a dove,
Who lived in a wood,
With such pretty soft wings,
And so gentle and good!

d!

Dear little Dove!

C was a camel:
You rode on his hump;
And if you fell off,
You came down such a bump!

c!

What a high camel!

B was a bat,
Who slept all the day,
And fluttered about
When the sun went away.

b!

Brown little bat!

A was an ape,
Who stole some white tape,
And tied up his toes
In four beautiful bows.

a!

Funny old Ape!

Z was once a piece of zinc,
Tinky, Winky, Blinky, Tinky, Tinkly minky, Piece of zinc!

Y was once a little yew,
Yewdy, Fewdy, Crudy, Yewdy, Growdy, grewdy, Little yew!

X was once a great king Xerxes,
Xerxy, Perxy, Turxy, Xerxy, Linxy, lurxy, Great King Xerxes!

W was once a whale,
Whaly, Scaly, Shaly, Whaly, Tumbly-taily, Mighty whale!